Bidness ETC - Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Is Planning To Bring Back The 'Away' Message Feature

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has started the testing of its new sidebar status feature in Australia and Taiwan.

Facebook Inc., the social media giant is one of those firms that know how to cater to the needs of its users. The company has constantly upgraded itself to make the experience worthwhile. The one thing that is extremely catchy and at times annoying about Facebook Inc is that it has left nothing private. From feelings to movies, everything needs to be prompted on the digital platform. So now to add more to this charisma on its platform, Facebook Inc is bringing back the away feature which will give a deeper insight into what is going on in your life.

The company has initiated the testing process in two diverse regions including Australia and Taiwan where a small sidebar status is running along the feed which tells about what the user is doing, where he is, allow them to upload a picture or tag a location. Now this is scary for all those who were already whining about not having so much interest in the life of others. As this new features will open new horizons of spamming. After what is on your mind? Facebook is now working on what is in your life ... Which honestly nobody is concerned with

Previously, the company separated Facebook Inc Messenger and made it a standalone app and named it Facebook Messenger app. Hence before that, the sideway feature was one of the most liked features of that time. Sidebar status could only appear for 12 hours or until the user wishes to clear or update it. The statuses that were set up by users could be only seen by the people added to their friends’ list and were not public nor could they be seen on users’ profiles.

The company has already started the testing of this new away feature in Taiwan and Australia and the feature, so far, is named as “sidebar status”. It would allow users to add a status, whatever they wish for, which would appear on the right panel of the app. Hence, a freedom of speech would be given to the users. For instance, the status would start like, “Dave is….”. Anything can be added to it then. Dave can watch TV, sleep, or even one-word direct statuses would be good too. Furthermore, they would add their locations as well to fully express what they are up to and where.

Lately, Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc are looking to revamp some of the features in their platforms to keep on going with the success.